Cultural Education Partnerships South East Bridge Region
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Cultural Education Partnerships South East Bridge region 1. Reading 2. Milton Keynes 3. East Kent 4. Portsmouth 5. Hampshire 6. Isle of Wight 7. Slough 8. North Oxfordshire 9. Oxford City 10. Brighton & Hove 11. Hastings & Rother 12. Surrey Reading Cultural Education Partnership Stage: Emerging Reading Cultural Education Partnership aims to allow every child and young person in Reading to have the opportunity to aspire, achieve and participate in high quality arts and culture, and to develop a collaborative, sustainable infrastructure to maintain such engagement. Objectives of the partnership include: Increased numbers of children and young people who are unlikely to engage with arts and culture have engaged with an activity Increased number of children and young people have engaged in Arts Award Increased number of Education settings have gained Artsmark, or are working towards Artsmark principles Increased numbers of young people are ready for creative employment. Chaired by Reading Borough Council’s Arts and Heritage Forum lead, the CEP steering group includes representatives from Artswork, Berkshire Maestros, Reading Borough Council (incl. Reading Museum and Reading Library), Reading Health and Wellbeing board, Reading First Partnership, Reading Culture and Arts Network, Reading College, Reading Cultural Partnership, Reading UK CIC, University of Reading, Thames Valley Housing, Reading Schools Governors Assocation and representatives from local primary and secondary schools. The group have agreed Terms of Reference and a three year Action Plan. This Action Plan can be read online here More information: www.readingarts.com/reading-arts/cultural-partnership/cultural-education- partnership Artswork lead: Ruth Taylor – [email protected] As part of our work to create Cultural Education Partnerships, we have put together a series Cultural Education Profiles and infographics. These examine deprivation and achievement for children and young people in each area, at both Local Authority and ward levels, against averages across the South East. Reading Cultural Education Profile Infographic Milton Keynes Cultural Education Partnership Stage: Emerging Set up by the Arts & Heritage Alliance Milton Keynes (AHA-MK), the Milton Keynes Cultural Education Partnership (MKCEP) asks arts and cultural organisations, educational institutions and local authorities to come together to drive a locally joined-up arts and cultural offer, share resources and create a more consistent, coherent and visible delivery of cultural education. MKCEP aims to: Increase the number of children & young people creating, participating in, and influencing arts and culture and taking up Arts Award Improve access to information, training and work experience for young people in Milton Keynes to enable them to progress within the creative and cultural industries Increase the confidence, aspiration, achievement and well-being of children and young people from all communities Sustain effective collaborative working across education, youth, health and cultural sectors based on a better understanding of needs and requirements. MKCEP have formed a steering group including strategic leaders from MK Council, public health, MK Cultural Learning Network (represented by MK Gallery and The Stables), SEMLEP, MK College, Police, Music Education Hub and local schools. The steering group have commissioned a piece of research into the cultural activity, challenges and opportunities for children and young people in Milton Keynes, and will develop a Cultural Education Strategy and Action Plan to ensure all Milton Keynes’ CYP have the opportunity to create, participate in, and influence culture. Artswork lead: Ruth Taylor – [email protected] More information: www.aha-mk.org/develop/mkcep Milton Keynes Cultural Education Profile Infographic East Kent Cultural Education Partnership Stage: Research & Development Led by the University of Kent and Gulbenkian, the East Kent Cultural Education Partnership covers Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Shepway and Thanet. Provision of work experience and training opportunities for young people is a crucial element of the Partnership’s work, as is collaboration across all areas of children and young people’s services. Local arts organisation ART31 are working closely with the Partnership during its consultation and development phase, to ensure that young people are directly involved from the offset. The CEP aims to: Increase the visibility of, and access to, East Kent’s cultural offer Provide opportunities for young people to develop leadership and help shape the cultural offer in East Kent Improve access to information, training and work experience, to support aspiration and achievement of all CYP in East Kent Develop collaborative working across all CYP services, based on a better mutual understanding of needs and of the ways that culture can help to support CYP, and achieve better outcomes for them East Kent Cultural Education Partnership have formed a steering group chaired by Simon Kirchin, Dean of Humanities at the University of Kent. The steering group includes strategic leaders from Kent County Council, public health organisations, primary and secondary schools, East Kent college, University of Kent, Canterbury Christ Church and the University for the Creative Arts, Kent and Medway Progression Federation, Museums Development and the ART31 Youth Board. The steering group have agreed Terms of Reference and a set of emerging priorities. Kent County Council have co-invested in a consultation and development phase with MB Associates and are working closely with ART31 to lead the CYP consultation. The partnership will have a draft business plan by March 2017 and are considering a name for the partnership Artswork lead: Lucy Medhurst – [email protected] East Kent Cultural Education Profile Infographic Portsmouth Cultural Education Partnership Stage: Research & Development Portsmouth Cultural Education Partnership is being led by New Theatre Royal, and is working to embed creative learning from early years and help reduce health and wellbeing inequalities for children and young people in the area deemed at risk. The CEP aims to: Work with families and those working with children in the early years to embed creative learning from the outset Promote and support delivery of the arts and culture as part of a broad and balanced curriculum Work through the arts to reduce health and wellbeing inequalities for children and young people deemed to be at risk eg. Youth offending, mental and physical health or radicalisation Provide transferable skills and open up pre-employment opportunities enhancing accessible progression routes into the creative and cultural industries and other areas of work Portsmouth Cultural Education Partnership have formed a steering group chaired by Alison Jeffrey, Director of Children’s Services for Portsmouth City Council. The steering group includes strategic leaders from Library and Archive Services, Portsmouth Music Education Hub, Education and Business Partnership South, Primary Heads Group, representatives of secondary and SEN schools, New Theatre Royal, Aspex Gallery, University of Portsmouth, Highbury College, Shaping Portsmouth, Hampshire and IoW Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, Portsmouth Football Club and Portsmouth Cultural Partnership. The steering group have agreed Terms of Reference and commissioned research. The CEP is supporting the development of the Portsmouth Creative Skills programme which is the result of a new strategic relationship with Portsmouth City Council’s Virtual School and Leaving Care Service. The programme will address employability and progression challenges experienced by young people in and leaving care in Portsmouth. Artswork lead: Peter Taylor – [email protected] Portsmouth Cultural Education Profile Infographic Hampshire Cultural Education Partnership Stage: Research & Development Hampshire Cultural Education Partnership is led by Hampshire Cultural Trust. The overall aims of the Hampshire Cultural Education Partnership are to: Positively impact on the health & wellbeing, particularly mental health, of children & young people in Hampshire Raise aspiration, achievement and progression of children & young people in Hampshire Increase skills and employment chances in the creative industries for young people in Hampshire Increase the number of children & young people achieving Arts Award Increase the number of schools gaining Artsmark Sustain collaborative working across sectors Hampshire Cultural Education Partnership have formed a steering group with an interim chair Charlotte Slinger, Cultural Engagement Manager (Young People) Hampshire Cultural Trust. The steering group includes strategic leaders from Rushmoor Schools Plus C.I.C., University of Winchester, Hampshire CAMHS, Hampshire Children’s Services, Hampshire Music Education Hub,SoCo Music Project, Fluid Motion Theatre Co., Anvil Arts, Chapel Arts Studios, Making Space, South East Museum Development Programme, Wildern School (SEC),Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, University of Winchester. The steering group have agreed Terms of Reference. The CEP is supporting the development of an innovative arts and cultural commissioning programme with children and young people at risk led by Hampshire CAMHS and Hampshire Cultural Trust. Artswork lead: Peter Taylor – [email protected] North East Hampshire Cultural Education Profile Infographic Isle of Wight Cultural Education Partnership